Archive for February 21st, 2012

The biggest storyline of the spring for the Rays will likely be the rotation and how the Rays will handle their seven big league starting pitchers. And the early favorite to be replaced in the rotation is Wade Davis. We have already shown you that Davis is probably the weakest […]

Prior to the 2008 season we gave Joe Maddon a bit of a hard time after he called 81 wins “a reasonable goal.” Our concern at the time was that if the goal is mediocrity, you will be mediocre. Of course, we all know how that season went. Well, after […]

It is time for our annual Meta-Analysis of the Rays top prospects. In the science community, a meta-analysis is what we do when we take the work of a bunch of other people, tease the data a little, draw some conclusions that nobody had noticed before, and then pawn it off […]

Matt Silverman appeared on the “Happy Hour with JP Peterson” show. They discussed a number of topics including the stadium situation. But when the topic of payroll came up, Silverman’s answer showed just how far the it is from St. Pete to the Bronx and Boston. During the discussion, Silverman […]

Off-Season (click image for random Wikipedia page) Manny Ramirez has signed a minor league deal with the Oakland A’s. On the surface it is worth $500,000. But after serving his suspension, his prorated salary will be just $306,000 (per Peter Gammons). You know who makes more than that on the […]